More Calculators
CalcAuthority now focuses on business decision calculators — the math that decides whether a job or a business makes money. Browse the calculator library below, starting with operator-focused tools for contractors and small businesses, plus earlier salary, loan, math, time, and conversion calculators that remain available. Every tool shows its formula, states its assumptions, and explains the result in plain English.
Featured Business Calculators
The strongest operator tools — start here if you price work, run a business, or set your own rate.
Contractor Calculators
True labor cost, job pricing, bid checking, and the profit leaks that quietly eat a contracting business.
- Labor Burden CalculatorThe wage is not the cost.
- Crew Cost CalculatorEnter crew size, burdened hourly cost, hours per day, and days on the job — get the real cost of putting your crew on site, per hour, per day, and for the whole job.
- Break-Even Job Price CalculatorEnter direct job costs, overhead percentage, and target margin — get the price where the job stops losing money and the price that actually hits your profit target.
- Bid Check CalculatorStress-test a bid before you send it.
- Job Profit Margin CalculatorEnter contract price, labor, materials, subs, and overhead share — see the job's gross profit, gross margin, and true margin after overhead.
- Callback Cost CalculatorCallbacks are unbilled jobs.
- Missed Lead Value CalculatorEnter missed leads per month, close rate, average job revenue, and margin — see the revenue and gross profit walking past your business every year.
Small Business Calculators
Cash runway, break-even, overhead recovery, pricing, and rate-setting — the decision math every operator lives by.
- Cash Runway CalculatorEnter cash on hand, average monthly cash in, and cash out — see your monthly burn and how many months your business can operate before the account hits zero.
- Break-Even Revenue CalculatorEnter monthly fixed costs and gross margin — get the monthly and per-day revenue your business must produce before it earns its first dollar of profit.
- Overhead Recovery CalculatorEnter annual overhead and billable hours — see the overhead each billable hour must recover, and what share of revenue your overhead consumes.
- Customer Acquisition Payback CalculatorEnter monthly marketing spend, new customers won, and gross profit per customer per month — get your CAC and how many months until a customer repays it.
- Price Increase Impact CalculatorModel a price increase: enter revenue, gross margin, increase percentage, and expected customer loss — see the profit change and how many customers you can afford to lose.
- Freelance Rate BuilderWork backward from the income you need: enter target income, overhead, billable hours, and a buffer — get the hourly rate your freelance business must charge.
Additional Calculator Categories
Additional calculators from the earlier CalcAuthority library remain available while the site continues its transition toward business decision math.
- Salary & PaycheckSalary-to-hourly, take-home pay, overtime, and pay-period conversions.
- Loans & MortgageLoan payments, mortgage, auto and personal loans, and payoff math.
- Percentage & MathPercentages, percent change, discounts, tips, and sales tax.
- Time & WorkTime duration, work hours, and minute/hour conversions.
- Unit ConversionsDistance, weight, and temperature unit conversions.
Methodology & Trust
How these calculators are built, who reviews them, and the limits of the estimates.
- MethodologyThe house method: formula shown, assumptions stated, worked examples, verdict bands, and limitations on every serious tool.
- About CalcAuthorityFounded and reviewed by an operator who bid work, ran crews, and met payroll.
- Financial DisclaimerResults are educational estimates for planning — not financial, tax, legal, or accounting advice.